Cirsonella georgiana

Cirsonella georgiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Cirsonella
Species: C. georgiana
Binomial name
Cirsonella georgiana
(Dall, 1927)
Synonyms[1]
  • Vitrinella georgiana Dall, 1927

Cirsonella georgiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1][2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia, USA, at a depth of 805 m.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Cirsonella georgiana (Dall, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591064 on 2012-09-01
  2. Rubio F., Fernández-Garcés R. & Rolán E. (2011) The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the Caribbean and neighboring areas. Iberus 29(2): 1-230. (December 2011)
External identifiers for Cirsonella georgiana
WoRMS 591064


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